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Million dollar warrant issued for shooting suspect

A $1 million warrant has been issued for a Coffeyville, Kan., man in connection with a shooting at a local apartment in late July.

A Washington County warrant for shooting with the intent to kill has been issued for 22-year-old Cody Michael Stephenson.

Stephenson is also wanted on Washington County warrants for bail jumping and possession of controlled dangerous substances, totalling $550,000, and a Nowata County warrant for probation violations in the amount of $250,000. He is also the subject of a “no bond” warrant out of Walker County, Texas for possession of dangerous drugs.

According to Bartlesville Police Department investigator Steve Birmingham, the police department has received information that Stephenson has recently been in Tulsa and that the United States Marshals Service is assisting in the search.

According to the shooting with intent warrant, on the evening of July 30, BPD officers were dispatched to the Willow Apartments, located in the 5600 block of Southeast Hazel Avenue, in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival police reportedly found that one person had been “shot multiple times” and was lying on the sidewalk on the south side of one of the buildings.

“There was a trail of what appeared to be bloody footprints from where (the victim) was found,” the affidavit states.

The blood trail reportedly led to an apartment that had apparently been forced open and police say they found more blood and spent bullet casings inside. Police say the apartment belonged to the injured man and that he had been inside when “suspects broke open his locked front door and they shot him inside his apartment.”

When interviewed later, the alleged victim reportedly told police that on the day in question he had played “a gambling dice game” with two black males earlier in the day. He said that he later went back to his apartment and went to sleep when he was awakened by “a loud sound.” When he investigated, he saw that the same two males were in his apartment, police say.

The man reportedly said that one of the males, later identified as Stephenson, had a gun and shot him in the groin area. He said that he then retreated to his bedroom closet where “he later woke up and discovered he was bleeding badly and he had also been shot through his head.” He said that he then “stumbled out of his apartment where he sought help by banging on several apartment doors.”

According to the affidavit, a story in the Examiner-Enterprise then led to a positive identification of Stephenson.

Stephenson is described as a light skinned black male, 5 feet, 7 inches, 155 pounds, with both ears pierced and a gold grill on his top teeth. Police say Stephenson has noticeable freckles on his face.

Anyone with any information as to Stephenson’s whereabouts are encouraged to call Birmingham at 918-338-4015 or Crimestoppers at 918-336-CLUE.